Educational Technology will be adding the Piazza.com building block to Blackboard on Wednesday, October 2 during business hours. This will not cause any interruption in Blackboard services. Piazza.com is a free online service for questions and answers. It functions similar to a discussion board, but with much more interactivity between instructors and students. It fosters […]
Read More »Educational Technology will be hosting a second open forum about Blackboard and Learning Management Systems (LMS) in general on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the main atrium of the Havener Center. Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided. Participants will be eligible to […]
Read More »Do you think Blackboard should have features that it doesn’t have? Are there things you like about Blackboard that you don’t want changed? How well is Blackboard supporting your teaching and learning needs? If you don’t use Blackboard, why or why not? During the fall semester, Educational Technology will be working with a committee of […]
Read More »Educational Technology (EdTech) will be hosting a series of back-to-school technology workshops on August 5, 7, and 9. These workshops will be held in Centennial Hall Room 105, starting at 9 a.m. (see detailed schedule below). Topics will include Blackboard, Google Apps for Education, Clickers/TurningPoint, Tegrity, and more… To accommodate the schedules of busy instructors, […]
Read More »IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, June 16, 2013, starting at 12:00 a.m. Blackboard will be unavailable for 4-6 hours between midnight and 6 a.m. Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issue at 573-341-HELP (4357) or submit an online Help Request at http://help.mst.edu.
Read More »Information Technology will be upgrading Blackboard from Version 9.1 Service Pack 8 to Service Pack 11 on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, starting at 8:30 a.m. Blackboard will be unavailable for up to 8 hours while the upgrade process takes place. Service Pack 11 introduces the following enhancements: New and improved assignment submission and grading process. […]
Read More »IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, October 7, 2012, starting at 12:00 a.m. Blackboard will be unavailable for 4-6 hours between midnight and 6 a.m. Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issue at 573-341-HELP (4357) or submit an online Help Request at http://help.mst.edu.
Read More »EdTech will be upgrading the Blackboard Collaborate building block inside of Blackboard on Thursday, October 4, 2012, starting at 5 p.m. Blackboard Collaborate will be unavailable for approximately 1 hour (5 – 6 p.m.) during the upgrade process. Blackboard Collaborate is a virtual classroom available to all Blackboard courses. For more information about Collaborate, visit: […]
Read More »IT will be performing Blackboard maintenance on Sunday, September 16, 2012, starting at 12:00 a.m. Blackboard will be unavailable for 4-6 hours between midnight and 6 a.m. Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other IT issue at 573-341-HELP (4357) or submit an online Help Request at http://help.mst.edu.
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